Michael Anthony News

London previews beginning at the Aldwych Theatre tonight 10 February 2015 with the show currently booking to 13 June 2015.

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Columbia University Songbook on Tuesday, March 10th at 9:30pm. Columbia University Songbook is dedicated to showcasing material created by past and present musical theatre luminaries who have been affiliated with Columbia University throughout the years.

Michael Anthony Restaino (Off Broadway's: The New Kid and The Last Starfighter at the New York Musical Theater Festival) will bring his Los Angeles debut concert 'Love Me, Love Me Not' to Room 5 Lounge tonight, February 7th at 8:00PM.

Michael Anthony Restaino (Off Broadway's: The New Kid and The Last Starfighter at the New York Musical Theater Festival) will bring his Los Angeles debut concert 'Love Me, Love Me Not' to Room 5 Lounge on Saturday February 7th at 8:00PM.

The Pirates of Penzance with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert is an hilarious and hopeful farce concerning Frederic (Chris Yeschenko), who, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tender-hearted pirates led by the hot-shot Pirate King (the ultimate pirate Drew Fitzsimmons, who co-directed and choreographed the production with Michael-Anthony Nozzi). Performances continue through December 21 at the San Pedro Theatre Club.

The Daily Mail just Tweeted a sneak peek at Katie Brayben as 'Carole King' in BEAUTIFUL, coming to the West End from February 10 and running through June 2015. Check out the photo below!

Find out who's in the cast when the MAMMA MIA! International Tour comes to Liverpool!

Joining Katie Brayben playing the title role in the West End production of Beautiful - The Carole King Musical is Ian McIntosh as song-writer Barry Mann.

Any actor can tell you what his or her dream role would be and how much they long to play it whenever they can. For Rocky Miller, his 20-year wait to play Don Quixote was well worth it as he fully embodies the heart and soul of Miguel de Cervantes and his Knight of the Woeful Countenance from the moment he takes to the stage in MAN OF LA MANCHA at the San Pedro Theatre Club, directed with emotional depth by Drew Fitzsimmons and choreographed for the small stage by Victoria Miller.

While there is speculation that Twelfth Night was written for the 12th night of Christmas by request of Queen Elizabeth, a holiday which celebrates revelry by turning the world upside down, with masks, music, dance, celebrating a moment where servants are masters, masters are servants, and not all seems as it should be. While there is no proof for this speculation, it was certainly the author's and this production's comic inspiration.

Fox News Channel's (FNC) FOX & Friends All-American Summer Concert Series presents rock artist Bret Michaels on Friday, July 18th, 2014 at 8AM/ET. Best known for hits like 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn' and 'All I Ever Needed,' as well as his role on VH1's Rock of Love, the former lead singer of musical group Poison will discuss his summer tour schedule and perform some of his greatest hits.

The Crowded Fire Theater (CFT) concludes its 2014 season with the World Premiere of THE LATE WEDDING by Christopher Chen opening with a press night on September 22 (Previews Sept. 18, 19, 20) running through October 11 at the Thick House in San Francisco's Potrero Hill. THE LATE WEDDING is both inspired by and a homage to Italian fabulist novelist Italo Calvino whose stories 'Invisible Cities' and 'If on a Winter's Night a Traveler' have become Chen's launching pad into a shadowy exploration into themes of distance, dislocation, and transience in internet-age relationships. A Crowded Fire Theater commission, in THE LATE WEDDING 'Chen channels our society's collective unconscious with dizzying urgency...' remarks director Marissa Wolf. 'He is peeling back layer after layer of cultural practices and rituals, revealing a raw, pulsing interior of longing and hope.' Directed by Marissa Wolf THE LATE WEDDING features Michele Leavy*+, Lawrence Radecker+, Lauren Spencer, Michael Anthony Torres*, Kathryn Zdan*, Ogie Zulueta*. (*Actors Equity, +CFT company member)

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF was always the playwright's favorite among all his plays. Theatre Palisades is presenting the original version of the script as written by Tennessee Williams before Eli Kazan, who was already hired to direct both Broadway and the film version, forced him to re-write the script to conform to the mores in McCarthy era 1955. This compelling original version has been professionally produced only two times, in 1958 in London and in 1974 on Broadway with Elizabeth Ashley, Keir Dullea and Fred Gwynne.

They don't make 'em like this anymore, so book your passage to Reagle Music Theatre in Waltham for an enchanted evening at SOUTH PACIFIC. Director David Hugo returns and sets the bar high with topnotch performances from Katie Clark, Peter S. Adams, and an ensemble of enlisted men and women who know their way around the terrific Rodgers and Hammerstein score.

Cast and crew celebrate opening night of SOUTH PACIFIC at Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston.

Theatre Palisades is presenting Tennessee Williams' original script of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF opening June 6. Since this script is rarely produced and differs from the well-known movie version featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman, I decided to speak with the show's director, Michael-Anthony Nozzi, for more information about the production, the first time the original script is being presented in Los Angeles.

Michael Anthony Alberta, controversial new author and artist, writes 'Body Art Learner's Guide' - a technical manual for artists learning how to tattoo, pierce, and perform entry level body modifications. Body Art (tattooing, piercing, and body modification) is now officially recognized as both an art form and a profession. Athletes, businessmen, and even law enforcement personnel increasingly choose body art as a means of self-expression. It's clear skills vary widely among people who perform Body Art. An individual's level of education and guided practice determines ones skill. Michael Anthony Alberta guides you through the basics, encouraging to practice them over and over again so that after mastering the primary skill set, readers can then advance to more sophisticated techniques coming out in Volume 2. The main reasons Mike wrote 'Body Art Learner's Guide' is to further the goals of 'rookies' whose ambitions are to make a positive impact on the trade, remind veterans what our trade standards are, and break-down the corrupt educational system that's been plaguing this trade for decades. According to Michael, for the aspiring body artist, the ideal path to refine ones skills is finding a noble artist, 'noble' meaning willing to take on an apprentice in exchange for free work around the shop. However, points out that some of these 'teachers' will just milk apprentices for their time and teach them little to nothing about body art. Although it violates the unwritten body art code of ethics and blacklists you from the mainstream body art media, he firmly believes this law is flawed and this information should be available with or without a formal apprenticeship. Now that body art is jolting the mainstream, there's a surplus of cheap apprentice labor, and a lot of shops are exploiting these young adults by keeping them around just to sterilize and clean the shop. Some shop owners go so far as to humiliate their 'maintenance man' in front of clients. Michael Anthony Alberta wrote this book for both of them; for the student to build a firm foundation without being subjected to such treatment and for the crooked shop owner who knows how hard it is to work in this field and uses that to screw people over. 'It's all there- the whole enchilada' - Steve Santa Cruz CEO and Founder of Empire Tattoos Worldwide. 'I require all my artists to read this book and answer a series of questions prior to getting hired' - Ruslan Yeshmekov 'I wish I can go back in time and terminate your parents before you were born to prevent this from being written' - Most Old School Artists and Shop Owners Body Art Learner's Guide ( ISBN 9781483402437 ) is available in paperback or eBook almost everywhere books are sold including Barnes and Noble, Kindle, Apple, Amazon, EBay, Etsy, Lulu and more. About Author Michael Anthony Alberta is formally educated in various forms of body work, body art, and subtle energy. His training led him to start Dynamic Body Art Institute, produce a medicinal modality with an accompanying software application and author a couple books around these topics within the past few months. Body Art Learners Guide was written first, then Leaving a Mark. Michael also originated Quantum Body Jewelry with David Sereda of Light Stream Technologies. Michael Anthony Alberta's research into geomancy, symbolism and human vortex points allowed him to articulate a system for not only their application, but marking the body in general.

Dynamic Body Art Institute's newest mission is to unify all walks of life through the crafts of Body Art. The Institute is essentially using body art as a vehicle to introduce exotic terms like sacred geometry and transhumanism into the lexicon of popular culture. There is a powerful subculture emerging out of tattooing, piercing, and body modification. Fueled by its social activism and human enhancement elements, this trade is radically transforming into gateways to things people may or may not be ready for. The question is how far are humans willing to go? About the Institute's Founder- Michael Anthony Alberta is formally educated in various forms of body work, body art, and subtle energy. His training led him to recently produce a medicinal modality with an accompanying software application and author 2 books around these topics within the past few months. The first one is titled Body Art Learners Guide. The second, Leaving a Mark. Michael also originated Quantum Body Jewelry with David Sereda of Light Stream Technologies. Michael Anthony Alberta's research into geomancy, symbolism and human vortex points allowed him to articulate a system for not only their application, but marking the body in general. Fans can read a more in depth Q and A with Michael, check out links to his media appearances and to find out more about Dynamic Body Art Institute's products by visiting their website. The Institute is membership based yet most of their content is open to the public. The site has many new features including a newsletter, store, classifieds and more. In addition, they now offer various body art educational services such as hands-on workshops, design consultations, and live online training. Dynamic Body Art Institute intends on breaking down the fraternal structures plaguing the education of tattooing, piercing, and body modification while investigating the correspondences of body art to lifestyles such as body building and plastic surgery. Contact Information: Dynamic Body Art Institute 760 Washington Ave, Miami Beach FL 33139 786-517-7327 dynamicbodyartinstitute.net

On April 1, iconic singer/songwriter Bret Michaels released 'A Beautiful Soul,' a heartfelt new solo single, to a worldwide audience.